street musique

[@MaxPower1971I]

I met Mr Larkin in his homeless days in Montreal, I was homeless too....what a genius!!! He could make a flipbook for you in minutes, made one for me at the Old Brewery Mission, but I was stuck with my own demons and sold it......wish I held on to that...

[@somaticjet2717]

What did the flip book contain?

[@billstephenson8101]

I first saw this in 1973; I've seen it hundreds of times, I own a DVD copy (legit), and I never tire of it. Today it's as fresh - and refreshing - as it was the first time. Thank you, Mr. Larkin, and may you and peace find each other.

[@lookingivy]

It would be wonderful if you could upload a copy of this fantastic animation ripped from your DVD in better quality. Thanks!

[@derekallard4599]

I see so much of myself in Ryan. A fascination with street performers, people without an agenda, noticing the subtle movements of life. I pray for anyone else out there, to anyone who thinks like me, that things work out for you. It's easy to be pessimistic, but please don't give up hope. For the three of us: you, me, and Ryan.

[@gaaralawliwet5019]

Hey... I havn't gave up. Have you?

[@valleyhennell9158]

The buskers who inspired and scored Street Musique are Rick Scott and Dick Tarnoff who you see in the opening scene. This was Rick's first professional dulcimer gig in a career that has spanned almost 50 years.

[@elliehjemmet]

Thanks so much! I really wanted to know who those performers were!

[@joyinhk3269]

Jon and Dick were my neighbors in San Francisco before we all moved north, they to Canada. Jon taught me to play guitar and introduced me to Merle Travis and Doc Watson. Talk about a life changer. I hope they are alive and well. All my best to them and thanks for the great animated film.

[@Rupert14]

Mr. Larkin was a comet. The best freehand animator that ever lived. I still wonder why genius is so often tied to mental illness...l have dealt with that question too often with people in my own life.

[@saltspringdesign]

I used to see Ryan around downtown Toronto. Met him in Kensington Market and he asked me if i'd heard of Ryan Larkin. I said that I had and that I loved Walking and Syrinx, which i had seen in multimedia class in high school ( i went to a high school with a media arts program and it's own radio station, Stephen Leacock ) and that they had influenced me to take the path of the artist/musician. (i've done a lot of busking in my day and written music for theatre and dance performances also) He said, "I'm Ryan Larkin". I didn't believe him at the time because i didn't realize Ryan had fallen from grace and this guy was pretty scrawny and derelict and had chapped lips and was overall not too appealing, a street guy. Years later i was playing with a bunch of guys in a band called The Subtonic Monks and one of the percussionists was Chris Landreth, who worked for Alias at the time and helped to develop their Maya software. I did a video interview with Chris about his animations with Phil Pendry from the CBC, for a show we were working on called Studio Scan. This was before the release of the animated short, Ryan, which Chris was working on at the time of the interview. Chris went on to produce some amazing animations, one of them is about Ryan Larkin's story, it's called Ryan, and he won an academy award for it. His other two that i saw, The End and Bingo the Clown are good too. Not sure what he's up to lately but will look into it. I think my fav Ryan Larkin short is the first one i saw, Walking. I wish i had believed him when he told me he was Ryan Larkin but i guess i was not fully present in that moment. There is another story about when i met the two south park guys, Trey and Matt, at the same cafe where i had met Ryan, or that same hood anyway, near that Cafe and that was BEFORE South Park was even a thing. I was teaching computer graphics and design arts at a local university and they asked me if i knew Adobe After Effects because they wanted to learn how to use it. That's another story however...

[@joshyuzik6698]

Ryan's last film, never get tired of it. Rest in peace dude.

[@NeilEMac-y1q]

His last film was, ironcally, "Spare Change." BTW, lived with him during the mid-70's and watched this and others in his music room at his flat on Park Ave, Mtl. Loved him and his work.🎉

[@eljesperado]

Wish he was still sharing his art... Thanks for posting!

[@geno4201]

John Whitney is widely considered to be one of the founding fathers of computer animation. Throughout the 1950s, the 1960s and the 1970s Whitney has pioneered many computer animation techniques, first with mechanical analogue computers, and then moving to digital computers. In 1961 psychedelics were still research chemicals, and the psychedelic influence on culture has been yet to emerge

[@Destroyickart]

I'd love to have met Mr Ryan Larkin in person... He was such a great person as creator of these wonderful animations and characters from the fantastic trips.

[@aldhilaputra9093]

what a genius mr. larkin ! INSANE !

[@darrenross4008]

I just love Canada cartoons.

[@thesheriff5198]

Darren Ross childhood for me. That opening theme with the green NFB dooooo wooo dooooo.

[@swiftwolfcoyote]

I've always loved trippy movies like this. They inspire me.

[@swiftwolfcoyote]

@@daveydudely9954 to use my imagination

[@mokthemagicman]

Beautiful work. I loved it

[@mmmmmmmmm95]

quiero animacion experimental asi en la actualidad muchisismas gracias Ryan por existir

[@daroldean7501]

Who he is and what he did is like he's one of a kind. You call him a hero.

[@BrainElixir]

This sounds dope. I would play this.

[@woody12i2]

still trippin' on acid...had to watch this. music plus visuals are sublime.

[@icbarefoot]

That's actually a really cool idea.

[@stigfathila]

Lindo, muy simpàtico. Inspirador.

[@sequetens]

genio total!!

[@yxuokikalipe]

What technique does he use? I think Norman Mclaren made use of this technics too

[@thesheriff5198]

ishuokikalipe i believe it was called acid and alcohol xD no but seriously...drugs induced alot of his work. Check out his documentary called ryan.

[@Rupert14]

Apparently he worked freehand, by flipping from a finished drawing while producing the next one, alone, at an astonishing rate (obviously). The "Spare Change" film seems to be a product of Rotoscope drawing along with previously drawn series. Also genius regardless.

[@rpgthunderthudd2827]

Ryan's work is brilliant, but I hate what digitization does to it, it makes what was supposed to be fluid and beautiful, chunky and disconnected. RPG. 🚯☢

[@petergiersdorf]

Cool . . .

[@3389cuervo]

Ryan Larkin R.I.P

[@VinyLotusProductions]

I love Ryan Larkin is such a shame how things turned out for him. :(

[@royksopp0]

love

[@favorites483]

This posting is a fine example of what happened to KZbin. When it was posted it has gotten nothing but positive comments. I've seen similar neglected clips. Some Russian wanders in two years ago and leaves an unnecessarily nasty, unjustified, and uncultured attack on the piece. Let this obvious matter speak for itself for the ugliness that invaded this site and others like it.

[@rainbowlightchann]

woah!

[@gring022gw]

6:52

[@69thWonder]

@ibeamy cant figure it out..

[@pavelvedernikov8502]

Worst film I saw ever. Something on the crossing of getting into psychosis, taking acid and dissociating at the same time. Had to take a break from my chores for an hour to get back in touch with reality. Same goes to my wife. I don't understand how someone can “like it” or how this can be considered art. This is just a guy drawing his schizophrenic madness.

[@dave-cw8wv]

I think the film is trying to reflect the improvisational side of street music, the way ideas from the performer's head transition into another. It doesn't really have any plot or anything, just constantly-changing ideas and pictures. If you don't really like it then that's fine by me but that's just what I see the film to be.

[@brunosolive7769]

É porquê realmente você não entende, Walt Disney é animação recomenda ao seu nível mental

[@Rupert14]

There is always Disney for a clueless person such as yourself. Do not criticize what you do not understand.

[@Rupert14]

And also, if his art does illustrate his "madness", does that invalidate it as a work of art??? Grow up.